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FREDERICK BECK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATERIAL FOR THE DECORATION OF THE INTERIOR WALLS AND CElLlNGS OF HOUSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,462, dated June 13, 1882.

Application filed January 13, 1882.

\Valls and Ceilings of Houses, of which the' following is a specification.

My invention consists in coating paper with a compound composed of ground asbestos and an adhesive substance or substances and embossing the same, and the mode of manufacturing my improved article is as follows: I take a quantity of flour-paste, into which I put ground asbestus and a little glue to increase the adhesiveness of the compound and a little glycerine to give it pliability, also a little copal varnish, or, instead of varnish, a little resin or linseed-oil. To about one pound of flour used in making the paste I-prefer to add about ten pounds of ground asbestos, about one pound of glue of good quality, about one-quarter of a pound of glycerine, and about one-eighth of a pound of varnish, resin, or oil. These proportions may of course be varied, and the glue, glycerine, and varnish, or one or more of them omitted altogether, and some adhesive substance other than flourpaste may be used as a vehicle for the asbestus; but I prefer flour-paste, as it works easily with the asbestus, and the admixture of glue, glycerine, and varnish produce the best results.

The mixing may be done over a slow fire, and the compound should be well stirred while warm, so that the ingredients will be thoroughly and uniformly incorporated with each other, and the whole mass should be made of about the consistency of thick binders paste. I then take a heavy quality of paper-han gerspapers, or several thicknesses may be united together, and spread the compound thinly upon its surface, making the coating uniform and of even thickness throughout by means of a doctor-blade or straightedge. The coating is then allowed to dry; but before it is completely dried the paper thus coated is passed between embossingdies, consisting of a male and female die, in order to give the best results, and the coated paper is pressed between them gently, but firmly.

The dies may be cut in high relief, as the paper and coating, being moist, are very flexible and not liable to break or crack. After (No specimens.)

receiving the impression of the dies the material is taken out and allowed to thoroughly drv.

If desired, after the coating of the asbestus compound is put on a thickness of paper may be laid on the compound, and the fabric thus constituted may be partly dried, embossed, and thoroughly dried in the same manner as above described.

The fabric, when dry, may be decorated by painting, gilding, or in any manner in which surfaces of paper or plaster-of-paris may be treated, and it may have metallic surfaces deposited upon it. As the fabric, when thus prepared, is fiexible and capable of being easily cut with shears, it may be applied to walls or ceilings as paper-hangings usually are. As it is capable of being embossed in very high relief, it may be used in the decoration of interiors for a great many purposes for which plaster or flock moldings are used, and it is greatly superior to them in durability and convenience of manipulation. It may also be used advantageously in the manufacture of moldings for picture-frames.

Heretofore a molded surface has been applied to panels, slabs, or sheets for ornamental purposes by making a composition'of oxidized or solidified oils composed of kauri gum, resin, wood fiber, white lead, and Venetian red, which composition is applied to the panels, slabs, or sheets in a plastic state and then pressed, the surface being ornamented by dies or rolls, if desired. A fabric-such as paper, cloth, or the like-has also been coated with suitably-prepared mica scales combined with transparent or. translucent adhesive substances. These methods, however, do not constitute my invention, and are not herein claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A new article of manufacture, consisting of paper, or an equivalent material, coated with acompound of ground asbestus and adhesive substances, and either with or without a facing of paper and embossed, substantially as and for the purposes described.

FR. BECK.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. BECK, J OIIN H. MES. 

